The Guiding Light is an American soap opera that began as an NBC radio serial in 1937 and moved to CBS television in 1952, continuing in that medium until its cancellation in 2009. Originally centered on a small-town minister and his community, the series evolved over the following decades into a multi-generational drama following an extended cast of families through the conventions typical of the genre. With seventy-two years on the air across both media, The Guiding Light holds the record as the longest-running scripted program in the history of American broadcasting, surpassing every other soap opera of its era.
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Guiding Light (also known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American daytime soap opera.
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Guiding Light (also known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is an American daytime soap opera.
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The Guiding Light is an American soap opera that began as an NBC radio serial in 1937 and moved to CBS television in 1952, continuing in that medium until its cancellation in 2009. Originally centered on a small-town minister and his community, the series evolved over the following decades into a multi-generational drama following an extended cast of families through the conventions typical of the genre.
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It aired for 57 years on television between June 30, 1952, and September 18, 2009, but it began even earlier as a radio serial on January 19, 1937.
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Irna Phillips Emmons Carlson
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